Why Did This WWII Tank Float in the Air?

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[@Thoughty2]

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[@D4RKSNIFFLES.]

If u think about it this is the 1st comment so technically u was never the 1st comment 🤔

[@diobrando666]

@@D4RKSNIFFLES. yes

[@WhatHandlesAreAvailable]

cat

[@tabletti8865]

Nice mustache bro

[@danielx15one]

How can this comment be 8 hrs old if the video is only 1 hr old? He's gonna blow my mind with this answer on the next video, isn't he?

[@LioncatDevStudio]

Everyone gangsta till tanks start flying in strong winds

[@wuck2226]

Some of them may have foundation for sure :D

[@UrbanwarriorTheSOV]

😂😂😂😂

[@nananayu1984]

Everyone gangsta till the title changes

[@LioncatDevStudio]

@@nananayu1984 Oh he must have seen my comment :)

[@bucketheadkfc]

Omg haha! Imagine how terrifying that would be for the Germans. "Sir, we found their tanks." "That's great, what's the problem?" "The tanks are flying... doing impossible aerial maneuvers" "Dear God!"

[@maniac3292]

Imagine the face of german spycraft pilots when they see tanks getting deflated and ships getting dismantled.

[@ahpook257]

I wonder more about the fate of those double agents and that POW. There's a similar story about a like tactic but I don't know if it's true. During the Great War (1914 to 1918) the allies created a fake airfield to trick the Kaiser's military into thinking there would be an imminent push in a certain area. This was a period when pilots used to chuck large grenades out of the cockpit by hand, let's not forget. After a couple of tentative flypasts by German reconnaissance aircraft the they responded with an all out attack on the airfield with wooden bombs. I hope it's true but I'm not sure it is. I heard a very familiar tale about the US and Japan from WW2. Can anyone tell us all anymore about this? Another good thing about this video is that it's meant I've had to finally learn how to spell "reconnaissance". I wonder if Thoughty would like to do a piece on the SOE agents who were parachuted into France and Belgium, straight into the arms of the Gestapo. There's a definite story there.

[@maniac3292]

@@ahpook257 im interested in knowing more too

[@1SCme]

During the cold war the USSR attempted to use inflatable docked submarines in counter-espionage. They were spotted (aerial photography was better than the USSR realized), but the real give away was a damaged one half deflated in an aerial photo.

[@alexisnorman9446]

@@ahpook257 The double agents got german awards and became Hitler's primary sources of intelligence after he had the leaders of Germany's intelligence organisations executed for suspicion of being involved in the Stauffenberg plot (they were difinitely involved, but the Gestapo didn't actually know that at the time)

[@kokowoch]

Imagine the fear on their faces when they see russians casually just lifting tanks

[@unxcptybolrapper1155]

If we were taught all this really cool stuff in school I would have paid so much more attention

[@Jinmeiko]

Actually im pretty sure this one was thought in one of your history classes

[@unxcptybolrapper1155]

Not mine I would have remembered this fantastic decoy

[@Jinmeiko]

@@unxcptybolrapper1155 thats unfortunate for me they didnt stay on it got that long they just took a brief look n stuff before the whole d day lesson

[@Paniekzaaiertje]

No you wouldn’t

[@gumgumgumgumgumgum]

You learn it in America it’s part of the curriculum. Idk where you all are from but over here it’s required

[@ShinTensaZangetsu]

infact that army wasn't defeated by an army at all, they just gave up seeing this man's spectacular mustache.

[@PulsewayMedia]

Thoughty2 keep playing phycology tricks on us changing thumbnails and titles it's funny but annoying

[@GothamandGomorrah]

erm.Which man's spectacular mustache?

[@ShinTensaZangetsu]

@@GothamandGomorrah who else would it be but the man who presents to us all of these rather obscure pieces of intellect which we otherwise wouldn't possibly conceive

[@GothamandGomorrah]

@@ShinTensaZangetsu Another famous mustachio'd man of contemporary history? hahaha

[@wulfherecyning1282]

@@ShinTensaZangetsu I mean, that covers all eccentric moustachio'd men, right?

[@zwippie92]

Why is this detail not in history classes? At least in the history classes I had in 6-9th grade. This story kind of reminded me about the Empty Castle strategy you talked about in a previous video. Oh, and some very unnecessary fact: In the invasion of Normandy, 15 000 Canadian troops were also along for the ride.

[@dumbman8774]

Top three weapons that stopped the second world war The atomic bomb,Russian winters,and The Canadians

[@DavidInfinityOfficial]

I do remember learning about this somewhere else. After seeing the title I remembered the story.

[@brandynamite3022]

It's for political reaons

[@UrbanwarriorTheSOV]

I think they are just starting to add these more interesting facts to lessons.

[@cornfield3034]

I learned this in 5th grade, when we first learned about more detailed European history

[@hotzemusic]

my favorite part of new Thoughty2 videos, is watching them publicly finalizing the title in the hours following release.

[@liamjones7322]

Good I'm not the only one thought I was just mad

[@hotzemusic]

@@liamjones7322 haha I thought it was my brain a few months ago, so I enacted some studious observation over the next few vids to confirm my findings

[@martinwagner8965]

@@hotzemusic But why does he do that?

[@deniz5015]

@@martinwagner8965 I don’t think anyone knows

[@iquabius]

@@martinwagner8965 He's testing the audience to check which title brings in the most people (click-through rate). It's the same reason youtubers try out multiple thumbnails until settling on the one with the best performance.

[@JF-cn3cz]

Just watched some of your clips from 5-6 years ago. You're story telling has always been good. You've definitely grown in style and production. Keep up the great work! I love your channel

[@amylarson3958]

As for me, I have a serious crush on him......oh well, I'm old and I can say anything I want.

[@DarkCobra88]

It's a shame humanity's minds are at their most genius only when fighting wars. Nonetheless, this was actually a seriously smart strategy by the allies!

[@PrairieWolff]

Unfortunately, blood is what moves the Wheels of History. Dwight Schrute. 🙁

[@rgerber]

well it lies in nature that every living being is most inventive when fighting for survival which every war kind of is. But that does not imply they are necessary...

[@amojak]

@@rgerber oh suffering and hardship is necessary, you only need to look at the spoiled directionless generation we have now to realise that without this people will invent or create causes to fight for as we are not designed to live in a mouse utopia society.

[@keithwebb9839]

I would say that is not quite true. Many military innovations were extensions of civilization inventions. An example would be TNT, flight, barbed wire, telegraph, locomotive, steam engine, camera and optics, chlorine and many many more

[@ryangriffin18]

Humanities minds have been quite good over this past year though

[@Trick3ry]

I didn’t learn this shit at school, but I saw it on a random recommended video on KZbin while searching for an apex legends tutorial vid.

[@imperfectly-balanced8861]

Haha I love KZbin algorithms introduce people to new awesome channels! What apex tutorial where you watching dude?

[@brantnuttall]

Me at school: History is booooooring..................... Me at home: YAY! More history from Arron!

[@tabsoull9730]

Simple history Taught me

[@MillerMighty]

Best content creator for the most random things

[@wendychavez5348]

My grandfather was hit on the head with a beam on the boat transporting him to Normandy, so he never actually disboarded. He was eventually awarded a posthumous Purple Heart for the resulting brain injury. That didn't help him when he was discharged and returned home to find his family had moved when they heard about the massacre on the beach--his paperwork had gotten lost in the shuffle, so they were unaware that he had survived and needed his loved ones.

[@tomberetta8781]

Great video. Those inflatable tanks were made here in Rhode Island in the Woonsocket mills. My grandmother was from Woonsocket..and was a welder in the shipyards on Allens Avenue in Providence. She used to rake 3 busses to get there and 3 more to get home. It is where she earned her nickname Jackie. That was the name on the back of the welding leathers she was given. Thanks for sharing a cool story about my little part of the world. ..and my Grandfather landed on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division.. Radio operator.

[@shawnrenaud93]

This was one of my favorite stories about WW2

[@eversomellow2538]

Saw and was like "i know this story" but screw it thoughty tells a good tale

[@OMartinez91]

That's what I love about this channel. He makes it sound so fascinating

[@crypto217]

Its the one reason im here Just to see how HE tells it

[@crimsonffire]

I lost count how many times you changed the title 🤣 and you did this devious smile in there like you were super proud of yourself about making this, and rightly so well done Arran

[@joeysduckieseighteen]

when you think about it it’s kind of crazy 954 of us all clicked on the same button within the same 249 seconds.

[@lucasstrider3484]

When will Thoughty2 make a video on the odds of that and the crazy stuff like that that occurs often.

[@zyrongonzales9691]

And 2,000+ in 600 seconds

[@joeysduckieseighteen]

@@lucasstrider3484 ooh he should do that:)

[@secredeath]

It's his mustache it draws us in

[@joeysduckieseighteen]

@@secredeath AHAHA yes it does

[@strawberryskygirl44]

this channel has taught me more than school ever did 🥸

[@johnbockelie3899]

How about the fake town built in North African coast the Germans thought was real?, their real target was further away. They bombed the fake one that was built by British spies.

[@eggocompo]

@@johnbockelie3899 or the homeless man who they posed as military personnel sending information for a all out allied invasion

[@kipthearcticfox5124]

You are at the wrong school

[@thefourbigballers8180]

@DarkGrisen lol that is so wrong

[@johnbockelie3899]

@@eggocompo Hey, he has that story of "The man who never was". I just saw it today.. Lot of trouble went into it too. " How the Nazis lost the war because of a single corpse."

[@peterog1440]

I use all your video to fall asleep. Thank you for making them long

[@sebouidi7673]

why the hell did i get taught WW2 every damn year in school, and never ever heard of this! It is just essential knowledge of how they won this blody war..! Thanks Thoughty 2 for another deep dive into human history!

[@Drakoriyan]

At least you were taught WW2. From kindergarten to my last year in high school, we never had a single unit on World War 2. Anything I wanted to know about it, I had to look up on my own time. I'm American, too, which makes it even worse; my country was a direct participant.

[@somewhatthatguy2466]

Thanks for this stuff thoughty! Really love this channel😉

[@thememeestfilmbuff]

They got defeated by essentially a bunch of air ballons........ *So they must be some air heads then.*

[@ujha4915]

I mean they believed in racial purity nonsense so yeah. They are.

[@joab757]

Love the comedian Steven Wright. He says, “last night, they broke into my house and stole everything....and replaced it all with exact duplicates!”

[@Laffy-ix5xy]

I think it was Emo Phillips who said, "I bought a camouflage tent to go camping. But I can't find where I put it" 😄

[@anderswanlin8022]

His beautiful voice never gets old haha

[@josephsorce2543]

"He Sure Does have a ... Beautiful Voice, Indeed ... Also, it's Quite Obvious, that He's Extremely Smart( Intelligent)and Very Interest-Engaging in his Delivery".

[@sergepetiteau765]

I knew the story of this operation, but it is better when told by an englishman with a stache. Also, as a french, i think of the ultimate sacrifice these guys made to save us. God bless them all.

[@Rain-zo5bh]

I can't with the subtitles 😂. "Use the code 40 for 20% off"

[@jonzi5]

"Hey, Thoughty2 Here" never fails to make me at ease.

[@RCassinello]

Fun fact - there is a miniature tourist railway running along the Kent coast built in 1927. During WWII, as part of the deception, they kitted out the miniature trains to appear to be armoured, carry travelling guns, munitions vans, tanks on low loaders, etc., all in 15" gauge! :)

[@danielamaro4554]

1:56 that lunatic smile 🤣 great video from a great channel. Been since before the stash 💆

[@PrairieWolff]

When you chillin' with Hans on the beach, but then the water starts speaking Americanese, Britishese, Baguette and Maple syrup.

[@andrewellington4059]

Lmao. Maple syrup. Nice

[@kiwid.single9431]

Boycott China and it's products don't fuel China's war machine or it's threats to australia with missiles for exposing chinese lies about the Chinese covid virus and pandemic , please everyone stop buying made in China products

[@supersophisticated9943]

I already knew about this but it's still so cool. "We're gonna paint the world's biggest portrait, specifically for hitler and his buddies. And then when things go silent, we've already come out another direction and they're still admiring the art." (Quote by me)

[@wredsweezy9398]

“Never clicked faster” is the equivalent to this decades “first” comment

[@gusbus2915]

The thing that bothers me is ppls need to say I'm not gonna lie b4 everything they type xD

[@disizme1]

Love your content, man. I've learned so much.

[@LoLoA89]

Same! It’s my new favorite channel!

[@bucketheadkfc]

Imagine how terrifying that would be for the Germans. "Sir, we found their tanks." "That's great, what's the problem?" "The tanks are flying... doing impossible aerial maneuvers" "Dear God!"

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

I read the title as 'How Hitler Was Defeated By an Imaginary Army' and was about to make a level 100 imaginary friend joke...

[@scatwizard]

Reddit Chungus

[@paradise269]

I'm addicted to history n am in research of it n have learn many things which thought 2 speaks of bt the way he says it make me recap what I know n I enjoy it like it's absolutely new to me

[@meph1570]

that Hunt a Killer commercial break is the most intriguing ad i've ever seen on KZbin in years, i'm gonna try it.

[@KyoudouMaya]

imagine this one shy pilot that noticed the feint but had no balls to speak up, mocking the others in the afterlife now lol

[@elizabethrawbone4297]

The best videos on KZbin , true ,education , interesting he holds my attention with the way he talks , and that accent and his humour, very easy on the eye I may add .

[@dremy3305]

Germans be like: We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed and we've quite possibly been bamboozled.

[@mattcarroll4795]

Hey Bro, look forward to your new videos every week. Thank you for keeping them coming and interesting!! Love the mustache bro!

[@double-sidedtape5864]

Lol, thoughy be changing his video names & thumbnails every time

[@Matt-fl6ys]

A nice "taster" on the topic. If anyone wants to dive further into the topic, look up "The Ghost Army", PBS did a really good documentary on this. to those wondering "Why didn't I learn this in school?", most of this stuff has been highly classified for YEARS, it was after the end of the Cold War that most of this has been "Declassified" and historian take their sweet time updating the history books. Also, Thoughty2, are you going to cover the 3133rd and 3103rd Signal Companies (Special) work as well?

[@thelaw11]

No , they lost because of a dead body!!! (people who watched other videos of Thoughty2 , they know wbat im talking about!)

[@jrgnsscmn]

The way he greets and the way he thanks you after watching is the grease hat makes you slip into watching another one

[@уронить]

America be like: “The ability to win a war isn’t about having the best weapons or the most soldiers, it’s about getting sick drifts on your carriers to make the other armies feel inferior.”

[@kiwid.single9431]

Boycott China and it's products please don't fuel China's war machine in our oceans,china is threatening australia with missiles for exposing chinese lies about the Chinese covid virus and pandemic . China is using ships to claim islands and refs in others territories in the pacific and south china sea . China has killed 3.5 million in the last 14 months with their virus and lies

[@frankwang6366]

@@kiwid.single9431 dude, how much is the government paying you to spread propaganda on youtube comments, can you tell me how I can join too?

[@faves2012]

Best commentary style and cadence on KZbin

[@darkraft1020]

Every so often Thoughty2 gets stuck on a title, perhaps the views are not as expected, so we then get 4 variations of the same upload lol.

[@gregstacy4498]

I love this story and I'm so glad you did a video about it

[@AlaKernel]

i watch his videos because he always he has a smile on his face and he seem to really enjoy making the videos .

[@gowthamgangaraju2881]

How tf are u managing to create these many videos in such a short span of time? U are finding a topic, researching about it, scripting, filming and editing approximately 20 min videos in just 2 days!! I haven't seen any other creator do this!! U r insane

[@panicdp5606]

Same. Dunno how he sleeps

[@ponkieponkz]

He's like Charlie from EmergencyAwesome

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

He’s English, its what we do lol

[@English-Lass]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 Agreed !

[@guardiansanimalrescuestate7289]

I love hunt a killer. My adult daughter and I play together. And I have relatives who r in junior And senior high school who also love it. It’s so cool to follow the clues and to catch the killer.

[@thinemuther4031]

never clicked faster lol

[@aaronmurray7308]

Same here

[@TrangDB9]

I've read this comment a lots of times. You guys must be breaking your own record constantly.

[@angelojamesveril3662]

Ahha same

[@thinemuther4031]

@@TrangDB9 this is actually the first time i clicked within 5 seconds i usually watch the previews first

[@scottusamechanic4243]

Awesome videos and thanks very much!

[@Commenter26]

Germany never saw it coming. It was their last surprise.

[@zrebbesh]

Operation Fortitude saved a lot of German lives as well as a lot of Allied lives. An invader is happiest and a defender most miserable when their armies do not meet, but the soldiers in both armies are more likely to survive.

[@arayannaidoo1924]

Thoughty2 I am trying to grow a mustache, could you please bless me with you English luck?

[@thebush6379]

This reminds me of the game "we happy few". Theres a section where the player finds out the tanks were made out of paper mache

[@quantum5011]

nice vid

[@dickie9502]

Love this channel, thx Thoughty2

[@riffdagg6701]

I have tried to explain to people for years how British and Canadian forces played such a huge part in World War II, and Russia doesn't get enough credit either

[@TrangDB9]

The Russians kicked the Japanese out of China for the most part.

[@ГошаДавидов-ш2н]

@@TrangDB9 for the most part? They were the ones that did the most bruhhh

[@janvanruth3485]

and like the brits after v day you conveniently forgot about the polish...

[@jaybee9269]

Hey Thoughty, cool video! I know it wasn’t mainly about dazzle camouflage but I’ve always been intrigued by it. Just a note though: The main impetus of dazzle was to make it harder to get correct images in large binocular rangefinders (the ones in superstructures of battleships & in their turrets); they worked by adjusting the images in each eye until they matched. Dazzle was supposed to make it harder and one assumes it worked...

[@pradiptamajumdar6925]

Before this I only thought it was true in comic and cartoon stories 😂 Yet it is in front of you

[@creatureselfie]

Thanks for you're help

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Omg *Thoughty2* gives us a new video - a new song drops from *Tom MacDonald* -AND this evening *Cowboy Kent* will be cooking on *Townsends* channel?!!? This has shaped up to be a Good Friday.😉

[@Leon5495]

You did not mention where did the inspiration for baloon tanks came from, Aaron. The art of war

[@commerce-usa]

Tanks for the memories? 🙄

[@lilith2617]

This video made me smile! Yes we are a small country, but a cleaver one. My great grandad from Kent, he was there 👊🏻

[@lyraevans422]

How many subscribers till you can access the suave suit again :'(?

[@nwefe]

10 million

[@schaddly]

lmao @ all the foot notes of all the photos!! like Operation Fortitude South he goes on about not jumping on the inflatable tanks like bouncy castles!! floored me!

[@lilmsmischief69]

Hi Thoughty2

[@isyouiisiyou8854]

I love his content so much

[@Szajba1762]

when Thoughty2 changed the name of this video's name before one hour of it being released- "thoughty2. 7 hours ago" BUT IT SAID 40+ MINS AGO WHAT THE FU-

[@benpierce7035]

Thanks for the upload thoughty2

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

you are such a sweety!🦌💌❤️☕️

[@Laffy-ix5xy]

6:55 Arrows moving across a map of Europe. Cue the Dad's Army theme tune 🎶🎵

[@joeysduckieseighteen]

proud to have 2nd comment :) never clicked faster

[@Anthony-dk3us]

“these tanks can float like air” or something along like that was the title

[@deafsquid6978]

Alt title. Failed artist gets ass kicked by military art project

[@bred8269]

Your videos are very good. Keep it up! 💯

[@spacecowboy2957]

The total number of Allied casualties on D-day was fewer than 40% of predicted estimated losses making the Normandy invasion one of the most efficient and effective military engagements in modern history.

[@roskes]

Brilliant as always!!

[@hosmerhomeboy]

He oughta do a video about the english retreat where they quietly moved an entire army out from underneath enemy emplacements at night, while replacing them with dummies, rifles rigged to fire occasionally, and fake supplies. They were trapped, but managed to save nearly the entire force from a completely untenable situation.

[@noahneidlinger7461]

I learned about this in my Naval History class with the NJROTC and even hearing it again is still pretty funny to me

[@thelegaloccupier]

Great show Forty, well done

[@GoWstingray]

Knew the story well, but still watched to then end. Great vid thanks.

[@joycejames8461]

'Catch a Killer' sounds like a lot of hard work, I'll just keep watching Thoughty's videos.

[@rashakawa]

"the ghost army" those guys were amazing!

[@javik1929]

especially with this sponsor i am now very curious about the demographic stats of this channel. could we get a rough breakdown of the age groups? :D

[@walterfechter8080]

This story brings to mind the so-called, Philadelphia Experiment and the air-dropped dummies (code named "Rupert") prior to D-Day. This video is well researched! Many thanks, Arran!

[@custom6000]

Now this is something Interesting!

[@ZERO_O7X]

There are several companies who still make full size inflatable tanks, vehicles and even fighter jets. They are mostly used as props when filming war movies.

[@jaymurray3259]

Awesome mate!

[@thecommentator7017]

This guy's moustache is just so Victorian

[@davidhanson4909]

Great video but I was hoping you'd touch on the audio component of the sting: units traveling around playing audio recordings engines and men at night at high volume to imitate the noises of troops on the move.

[@jackdurden466]

As true is there’s nothing funny about war, you’ve gotta admit that’s freaking hilarious! Hitlers hubris had led himself to believe he was unstoppable and nearly god-like during his reign. Can you imagine how embarrassing it would have been for his soldiers to find out that their so very precious furher had been played like a harmonica that may have dropped a decent bit of his street cred. Wonderful video! Thanks Thoughty2.

[@BenTvHowman]

Another great video to ad to my playlist

[@Enderlu7]

I already know this but still interesting

[@sophiaeasel1561]

I love military deception stories 😊💚

[@ajdexter4195]

Still love the shirts and braces